Johannes Ufer

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Non-representational , 1953, Planten un Blomen , Hamburg-St. Pauli
Seagulls , 1968, Hamburg-Osdorf
Seagulls , 1968, Wilhelmshaven-Aldenburg . Collaboration with Pierre Schumann
Dancing couple , 1968, Hamburg-Lohbrügge , Lohbrügge-Nord . Collaboration with Lore Ufer
Das Blatt , 1969, Hamburg-Langenhorn
Column and wall relief , 1974, Hamburg-Harburg

Johannes Ufer (born April 30, 1912 in Essen , † January 4, 1987 in Hamburg ) was a German painter , sculptor and spatial and surface artist of the lost generation .

Life

After attending primary school in Bochum and moving to Berlin, Johannes Ufer learned the painting trade from 1926 . From 1928 he worked as a theater painter and attended the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts , where he was a student of César Klein . With a state scholarship mediated by Käthe Kollwitz and Max Liebermann , he studied from 1929 to 1933 at the arts and crafts school in Berlin-Charlottenburg with Willi Breest (1891–1952), Max Deri and Kurt Wehlte . On March 28, 1933, he completed the state examination for teachers . From 1933 to 1945 he did not exhibit any of his works. From 1937 to 1940 he stayed in Copenhagen .

From 1945 he worked as a freelance artist in Hamburg. He became a member of the artist group Hamburger Gruppe founded by Martin Irwahn and Richard Steffen in 1945 , which also included Willi Breest, Ernst Flege (1898–1965), Tom Hops , Fritz Husmann (1896–1982), Peter Luksch (1901–1988, son by Richard Luksch and Elena Luksch-Makowsky ), Max Hermann Mahlmann , Hanns Müller-Dünwald (1900–1955), Franz Nespethal (1912–1993), Kurt Priegnitz (also Kurth and Prignitz , 1914–1983), Hermann Schütte (1893– 1973), Walter Siebelist , KRH Sonderborg , Hildegard Stromberger (1904–1985) and Ernst Witt (1901–1977). In 1953 he ended his membership of the Hamburg group in 1945 . In addition, he belonged to the constructivist artist community the group and the professional association of visual artists Hamburg . In 1946 he opened his gallery Mosaikwerkstätten - Junge Kunst at Neuer Wall 36 in Hamburg-Neustadt . In 1948 he became a lecturer in the subject space and area art at Hamburg Baukreis . One of his students was the painter Lore Brand (born March 7, 1923 in Hamburg), whom he married soon afterwards and who supported him in his public commissions from 1952. From 1974 he was also supported by their son Michael Ufer. From 1949 he was listed in the telephone directory of the Hamburg address book as a painter at Sierichstrasse 54 in Hamburg-Winterhude , and later as a spatial and surface artist . In 1958 he moved with his family to Andreasstrasse 11 in Winterhude.

In 1952, together with Arnold Fiedler from Baukreis, he created the set for the opera The Rake's Progress , which was performed in the Hamburg State Opera . Nine stage brochures were created in which they converted music and recitative , tempos and sound figures of the dramatic piece into non-representational compositions that took up the basic moods of the scenes. In 1955 Arnold Fiedler was commissioned to create a mural for the exterior facade of the Othmarscher Kirchenweg 145 school in Hamburg-Othmarschen , where Loki Schmidt worked as a teacher from 1949 to 1962, and which was renamed the Loki Schmidt School in August 2012 . In cooperation with Johannes Ufer, a 3-part mosaic was created from colored glazed ceramic plates on the subject of fire, water, air .

In 1955, Johannes Ufer was also commissioned to paint the houses to be rebuilt on Heligoland . He developed a color spectrum of 14 colors, choosing more delicate tones for the Oberland and strong tones for the Unterland. The colors were decisive on Heligoland until the 1980s. One result is the colorful lobster booths at the harbor, which are under monument protection. He also designed the facades of many houses in the Neuwiedenthal housing estate in Hamburg-Hausbruch and Hamburg-Neugraben-Fischbek . In Neuwiedenthal-Süd, small ceramic tiles from Johannes Ufers mosaic workshops adorned all the house facades, which gradually disappear under the thermal insulation of new facades that meet the requirements of climate protection . In other parts of the city he also designed house facades, which probably have a similar fate. For the facades of the residential buildings of the Süderelbe eG housing cooperative in Neuwiedenthal, Johannes and Lore Ufer created tile murals with herons as motifs, which are the cooperative's logo.

Due to his knowledge of materials and his knowledge of the processing options of the materials, he was also artistic advisor to companies such as Villeroy & Boch , Steine ​​und Erden Salith Salzgitter and Flügger Farben .

Exhibitions (selection)

Group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Posthumously

  • 1988: Pictures and sculptures by Johannes Ufer , Hannes Ufer Gallery, Hamburg-Harburg

Works (selection)

  • 1952: Help , ceramic mosaic , for the Hamburg Medical Association. Then Volksfürsorge , An der Alster 57–63, Hamburg-St. Georg , entrance area, now Generali Insurance
  • 1953: Non-representational , sgraffito , pharmacy garden , on the occasion of the International Horticultural Exhibition 1953, Planten un Blomen , Hamburg-St. Pauli
  • 1953: Marine motifs, Wiili-Kraft-Schule, break hall, office access, Zeidlerstrasse 50, Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
  • 1955: fairy tale characters, ceramic mosaic, stairwell, transverse structure, school Eschenweg 1, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • 1956: 3 ceramic broken mosaics, each 300 × 260 cm, Schule Mittelweg 42, Hamburg-Rotherbaum - no longer available
  • 1956: 6 glass windows, Neuer Wall 71, Hamburg-Neustadt
  • 1956: Wall design, two-part, connecting wall and wall panel near the office, Ohkampring 13 school, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
  • 1957: Contrary , oil painting , 65 × 100 cm
  • 1957: Wall design around ventilation openings, Hinter der Lieth 61 school, in the entrance to the administration building, Hamburg-Lokstedt
  • 1958: Second multiplicity , oil on canvas, 75 × 75 cm. Provenance : From the estate of Hilde von Lang . Auctioned at the Stahl auction house in Hamburg
  • 1958: 4 wall panes, glass mosaics, inside in the connecting corridors , Willhöden grammar school , since 2009 Marion Dönhoff grammar school , Hamburg-Blankenese
  • 1958: Abstract relief, front wall at the entrance, Mumsenstrasse 9, Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt
  • 1959: Wall decorations, three-part, staircase, cross structure, Neubergerweg 2 primary school , Hamburg-Langenhorn
  • 1960: wall designs, three-part, stairwell class cross (Kreuzbau), elementary school Klein Flottbeker Weg 64, Hamburg-Othmarschen
  • 1962: 4 ceramic walls, abstract color composition, Wandsbek Markt underground station , Wandsbeker Marktstrasse, East counter hall, pedestrian tunnel cross, Hamburg-Wandsbek . Collaboration with Lore Ufer
  • 1964 or 1965: St. Andreas Church in Kiel-Wellingdorf (possibly mosaics and windows)
  • 1968: Seagulls , Carrara marble, on Weidenstrasse in the Wiesenhof district , Wilhelmshaven-Aldenburg . Collaboration with Pierre Schumann
  • 1968: Möwen , bronze , Bornheide 80, in front of the high-rise building of the Altona construction and savings association at Glückstädter Weg in Hamburg-Osdorf
  • 1968: Dancing couple , bronze, Korachstraße 3–5 ( SAGA ), playground, Hamburg-Lohbrügge , Lohbrügge-Nord . Collaboration with Lore Ufer
  • 1969: Das Blatt , bronze, height: 3 m, Diekmoorweg 7, Hamburg-Langenhorn. Casting: Schmäke art foundry , Düsseldorf. The sculpture stood on a lawn on Diekmoorweg at the corner of Forthkamp until shops and medical practices were built ( Diekmoorweg 12a) in the 1980s .
  • 1974: Column and wall relief at the end of the Hamburg-Harburg pedestrian zone in the exit to the Gloria tunnel towards Seeveplatz . Artwork of the Harburg Art Trail
  • 1975: Tower of the Birds , 3 marble blocks , Carrara marble , Carso Rosso marble and Bardiglio light marble, Marmstorf shopping center, Ernst-Bergeest-Weg 53–57, Hamburg-Marmstorf . Collaboration with Pierre Schumann
  • 1975: Stahl- Plastik , Brunnen, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Straße 7, Hamburg-Billstedt
  • 1977: 3 colored sculptures, plastic, Rahewinkel 29–37, in the courtyard, Hamburg-Billstedt
  • 1977: Sundial, concrete, metal, ceramics, Lietbargredder 17–23, Hamburg-Billstedt
  • 1978: Entrance design, lintel, Otzenstrasse 36, corner of Bernstorffstrasse , Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt
  • 1981: Wall relief between the former police station 46 (demolished) at Knoopstrasse 33 and the building authority in Hamburg-Harburg. Removed in 2013 and rebuilt in 2017 rotated horizontally by 90 degrees. Artwork of the Harburg Art Trail
  • 1983: Hamburg coat of arms (with lion), ceramic tiles on the wall, Lange Reihe 18, Hamburg-St. Georg, Hotel Senator , entrance area, visible from the street
  • 1983: Eulenspiegel , house wall, Willi-Hill-Weg 2, Hamburg-Lurup
  • 1984: Four ceramic pictures, An den Dünen 6, Hamburg-Lohbrügge
  • 1985: Staircase picture, Hoheluftchaussee 56, Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • 19 ??: Mosaic floor in the wave pool in Sankt Peter-Ording . Collaboration with Lore Ufer
  • 19 ??: Color design and 3 murals in the Kupferdamm housing estate in Hamburg-Farmsen-Berne . Collaboration with Lore Ufer

literature

  • Johannes Ufer. In: Christian Otto Frenzel: Art in architecture in Hamburg 1947–1958. On behalf of and in cooperation with the Hamburg building authority. Axel Springer publishing house in Hamburg. Hammerich & Lesser, Hamburg 1959, pp. 120, 121, 135.
  • Ufer, Johannes. In: Volker Detlef Heydorn : Painter in Hamburg. Volume 2: 1945-1966. Ed .: Professional Association of Visual Artists, Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1974, ISBN 3-7672-0277-8 , pp. 19, 20, 28, 29, 92, 103.
  • Ufer, Johannes. In: Volker Detlef Heydorn: Painter in Hamburg. Volume 3: 1966-1974 . Ed .: Professional Association of Visual Artists, Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1974, ISBN 3-7672-0290-5 , pp. 145, 154.
  • Johannes Ufer and Lore Ufer. In: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg . Ed .: Hamburg Cultural Authority, Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7672-0749-3 (not paginated ).
  • Johannes Ufer. In: Heinz Zabel : Plastic Art in Hamburg - Sculptures and sculptures in public space , 2nd edition, Dialog-Verlag, Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-923707-15-0 , pp. 30, 41, 64, 66, 80, 85 , 86, 88, 105, 106.
  • Jens Scholz: Der Baukreis, Hamburg - Hilden - St. Peter, 1946–1953, outlines of a post-war artists' association. In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 77, 1991, p. 198 (PDF file)
  • Volker Plagemann : Johannes Ufer . In: Art in Public Space. A guide through the city of Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-88506-275-5 , p. 135.
  • Maike Bruhns : Art in Crisis. Volume 1: Hamburg Art in the “Third Reich”. Dölling and Galitz, Munich / Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-933374-94-4 , pp. 466, 485, 486, 633.
  • Maike Bruhns: Art in Crisis. Volume 2: Artist Lexicon Hamburg 1933–1945. Dölling and Galitz, Munich / Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-933374-95-2 , pp. 83, 84, 124, 371.
  • So what is that??? - Art in public space - seagulls in the “west wind”. In: westwind - district magazine for Osdorf and the surrounding area (May 2011), PDF-S. 6 (PDF file)
  • Uta Schoop: shore and fire . In: Arnold Fiedler (1900–1985) - An artist monograph , dissertation, 2011, PDF-S. 284, 326, 346, 357, 386, 408, 409, 410, 416, 418, 424, 426, 465 (PDF file)
  • Birgit Ahrens: Ufer, Johannes and Ufer, Lore. In: The new rump. Lexicon of the visual artists of Hamburg . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's lexicon ; supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns, Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 477.
  • Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg : Works of art in public space , Hamburg, August 14, 2018, pp. 5–7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 33 ( PDF file ).

Web links

Commons : Johannes Ufer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uta Schoop: Arnold Fiedler (1900–1985) - Eine Künstlermonographie , dissertation, 2011, p. 400 (PDF-S 408), footnote 2282
  2. ↑ a b c d Volker Detlef Heydorn : Ufer, Johannes. In: Painter in Hamburg. Volume 3: 1966-1974. Ed .: Professional Association of Visual Artists, Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1974, ISBN 3-7672-0290-5 , p. 145
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Johannes Ufer. In: Artists in Hamburg . Ed .: Hamburg Cultural Authority, Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7672-0749-3 (not paginated )
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Birgit Ahrens: Ufer, Johannes. In: The new rump. Lexicon of the visual artists of Hamburg . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's lexicon ; supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 477
  5. ↑ Uta Schoop: Arnold Fiedler (1900–1985) - Eine Künstlermonographie , dissertation, 2011, p. 318 (PDF-p. 326)
  6. ^ Volker Detlef Heydorn : Painter in Hamburg. Volume 2: 1945-1966. Ed .: Professional Association of Visual Artists, Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1974, p. 20
  7. ^ Jens Scholz: Der Baukreis, Hamburg - Hilden - St. Peter, 1946–1953, contours of an artists' association of the post-war period. In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 77, 1991, p. 198 (PDF-p. 16)
  8. ↑ Uta Schoop: Arnold Fiedler (1900–1985) - An artist monograph , dissertation, 2011, p. 418 (PDF-S 426)
  9. ↑ A touch of the fifties. In: Bergedorfer Zeitung , July 21, 2018
  10. ↑ "Facade Art". In: Kreuz & Quer im Neuwiedenthal , issue 19, September to December 2009, p. 2
  11. ↑ The herons of the Süderelbe. In: Kreuz & Quer im Neuwiedenthal , issue 15, spring 2008, p. 6
  12. ↑ Directory of exhibition participants at artist-info.com
  13. ↑ 3rd exhibition on Kuenstlerbund.de
  14. ↑ 4th exhibition on Kuenstlerbund.de
  15. ↑ Black-and-white photo under Johannes Ufer in: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Künstler in Hamburg , Hamburg Cultural Authority (ed.), Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7672-0749-3 (not paginated)
  16. ↑ Johannes Ufer on kulturkarte.de (1)
  17. ↑ Johannes Ufer on kulturkarte.de (2)
  18. ↑ Black and white illustration of the painting in: Volker Detlef Heydorn: Maler in Hamburg . Volume 2: 1945-1966 . Ed .: Professional Association of Visual Artists, Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1974, p. 28
  19. ↑ Johannes Ufer at the Stahl auction house .
  20. ^ Website of the St. Andreas parish. (Stage name not mentioned there). Mention of the church in Johannes Ufer's short biography in: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg (see: Literature )
  21. ↑ seagulls. In: Wilhelmshaven - Sights from A to Z on uwe-karwath.de
  22. ↑ Black and white photo of the sculpture at the old point of view under Johannes Ufer in: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg , Hamburg Cultural Authority (ed.), Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982 (not paginated)
  23. ↑ Mentioned in: Michael Ulrich (District Office Leader a. D.): Schmuckstück Alter Friedhof. In: Helms-Museum Aktuell , No. 27, September 2012, p. 2
  24. ↑ Pictures of colored sculptures on sh-kunst.de
  25. ↑ Pictures of the sundial on sh-kunst.de
  26. ↑ Wall artwork is rotated. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , March 9, 2013
  27. ↑ Results: Item numbers 1365 and 1366 , p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Ufer, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1987
Place of death Hamburg